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Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

By : J. Ashley Hunt
Book Image

Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

By: J. Ashley Hunt

Overview of this book

One of the five most prestigious certifications in the world, the PMP® exam is said to be the most difficult non-technical certification exam. With this exam guide, you'll be able to address the challenges in learning advanced project management concepts. This PMP study guide covers all of the 10 project management knowledge areas, 5 process groups, 49 processes, and aspects of the Agile Practice Guide that you need to tailor your projects. With this book, you will understand the best practices found in the sixth edition of the PMBOK® Guide and the newly updated exam content outline. Throughout the book, you'll learn exam objectives in the form of a project for better understanding and effective implementation of real-world project management tasks, helping you to not only prepare for the exam but also implement project management best practices. Finally, you'll get to grips with the entire application and testing processes in PMP® and discover numerous tips and techniques for passing the exam on your first attempt. By the end of this PMP® exam prep book, you'll have a solid understanding of everything you need to pass the PMP® certification exam, and be able to use this handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide to overcome challenges in project management.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to Project Management and People
8
Section 2: Project Management Processes
17
Section 3: Revision
19
Chapter 16: Final Exam

Documenting high-level requirements

At the beginning of a project, not much is truly known about the ins and outs of the scope of work, what things will actually cost, and how long the project will actually be. Yes, it is predictive, but it's tough to predict everything at this point. That is why high-level requirements are made and agreed upon, and also why all projects are progressively elaborated on. Progressive elaboration is a fancy term for going with what you know today and expanding on that knowledge once you can. Elaborate progressively on scope, time, and cost, as well as risk, quality, and resources.

For example, we are planning to build a new data center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Predictive means we know we are building a data center, we know where it will be built, and we know how long the last data center took to build and what it cost (maybe). When we are finished, we will have a data center. So, the business case and benefits management plan is created, and the...